Adjective
Adjective/noun
Noun
Verbs
Verbs/Literary terms
100
suitable, fitting, likely, appropriate
What is apt?
100
having to do with punishment, correctional, discplinary
What is penal?
100
a narrow passage, gorge or canyon
What is a defile?
100
to strike with a heavy club, to beat
What is to bludgeon?
100
to furnish or equip, to provide funds/money, grant, bestow
What is endow?
200
in a turned position, crooked, askew, amiss
What is awry?
200
related to the matter, relevant, germane, apropos
What is pertinent?
200
freedom from punishment, exemption
What is impunity?
200
to give in, give up, surrender, throw in the towel
What is capitulate?
200
to ward off or to get along, to cope
What is fend?
300
dreadful, causing fear, disastrous, ominous, sinister
What is dire?
300
the greatest in strength, most common, chief, major
What is predominant?
300
something wonderful, marvelous; a young person with extraordinary talent
What is prodigy?
300
to warm by rubbing or to wear sore by rubbing or to feel annoyance; irritate, scrape or abrade
What is chafe?
300
dictionary definiton of a word
What is denotation?
400
charming, endearing, winning
What is disarming?
400
short club, clobber, clout
What is a bludgeon?
400
a person who leas a life shut up, a loner, a hermit
What is recluse?
400
to make unclean, to destroy the purity of, pollute, contaminate
What is to defile?
400
word play which suggests two or more meanings for a word Example: Cleaning up after a poultry truck wrecks is foul (fowl) business.
What is a pun?
500
in bad humor, displeased, grumpy, surly
What is disgruntled?
500
a sore or injury caused by rubbing
What is chafe?
500
fame, glory, celebrity, prestige
What is renown?
500
to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass, intrude
What is encroach?
500
exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
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